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Aug. 19th, 2022
Fill Challenge 84: Original, Lemyes
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lantairvleaY'all get some Tos Savin poetry. Keep in mind I hadn't written poetry since High School before this character came along... and of course he's lovesick.
What is the space between
Where I am and where you've been
What troubles have you seen
When you refused on me to lean
What pain filled my aching heart
When we drifted so far apart
What event was the start
Where did our paths part
What happened to that forgotten time
When I was yours and you were mine
What can I do but long and pine
Where does your soul now shine
What is the space between
Where I am and where you've been
What troubles have you seen
When you refused on me to lean
What pain filled my aching heart
When we drifted so far apart
What event was the start
Where did our paths part
What happened to that forgotten time
When I was yours and you were mine
What can I do but long and pine
Where does your soul now shine
Challenge #95
Aug. 19th, 2022 04:48 pmshivverAnother Jerry Jenkins novel-writing sin! Today's is "Head-hopping" - that's switching the point of view between the characters in the scene. It's really tempting to do this when you want the reader to know what everyone is thinking, but it's like whiplash to the reader, jumping from head to head all around the room.
He writes: "The rule? One point-of-view character per scene. And it should be the character with the most at stake in the scene."
What this is means is, choose one character whose thoughts you can communicate to the reader directly. For the other characters, the POV character can only observe what they say/do and infer what they're thinking. (And the POV character may very well draw the wrong conclusions, which often is what makes the story interesting!)
The challenge today: Write a few paragraphs of two characters in a conversation, where the POV character is interested in the other and is trying to figure out if the feeling is mutual. Bonus points if you can make it obvious to the reader what the second character's interest level is but the POV character draws the wrong conclusion.
He writes: "The rule? One point-of-view character per scene. And it should be the character with the most at stake in the scene."
What this is means is, choose one character whose thoughts you can communicate to the reader directly. For the other characters, the POV character can only observe what they say/do and infer what they're thinking. (And the POV character may very well draw the wrong conclusions, which often is what makes the story interesting!)
The challenge today: Write a few paragraphs of two characters in a conversation, where the POV character is interested in the other and is trying to figure out if the feeling is mutual. Bonus points if you can make it obvious to the reader what the second character's interest level is but the POV character draws the wrong conclusion.
Fill- Challenge 94 (DW)
Aug. 19th, 2022 07:41 pmromanajo123 (so this is for @ lurking- latinist . For context I posted another prompt list on Tumblr a day ago that was specifically "hugging" prompts. She sent me " a hug for good luck" / " the hug ended too soon" for whoever. So have some 8 and Grace And I picked the latter.)
"You know, " the Doctor said, his voice sounding rather soft. "If you are ever interested, you could still come with me."
Grace looked at him across the very pink table in the hospital's tea room. She'd been expecting just the usual flood of candy-stripers when reception said someone was here to see her, but there he was. But something was..off. He looked like he hadn't had a good night's sleep in weeks and wore a leather jacket that looked like it'd been put through the wringer. But it was still the wonderful, curious man she'd met on New Years Eve last year.
Taking a sip of her coffee, Grace gave him a small smile. " And you could still come with me. " she said, "I'm sure we'd figure out..something for you." As long as your amnesia doesn't come back, she told herself.
The Doctor chuckled softly, stirring his tea. "I can't" he said simply, his tone a little melancholic "Grace, you've done a lot of great things lately. And I need to , at least for now, I need a reminder that I'm at least doing the right thing."
Grace didn't know why, but at his words she immediately enveloped him in a hug. "Well you know I'm here if you need me. " she whispered, "And I promise I won't kill you again."
Breaking the embrace after several moments, the Doctor quietly left. Though a part of him wished he could've stayed like that, in her arms, in a place of respite from the endless War.
